Reading “The Principal Doctrines of Epicurus” (Κyriai Doxai in Greek) I found his “four-fold cure for anxiety.” Its simplicity and potential are impressive, something that can’t be said about most of what the new age self-help gurus preach in this regard. And talking about self-help, how is it self-help if people need someone to tell them what to do and guide them? But that’s a question for another time. Read the rest of this post »
The four-fold process to cure anxiety
On February - 11 - 20091 COMMENT
Help the victims of the Australian Bushfires
On February - 10 - 2009ADD COMMENTS
As you’ve probably found out from news, radio, Twitter, Facebook or your Australian friends, the state of Victoria in southern Australia has recently been hit with hundreds of bush fires during a record-breaking heatwave. The fires are the deadliest in Australian history, with the official toll currently standing at 173 dead and more than 750 homes destroyed.
The events have left hundreds of people homeless, affecting an area of more than 3,000 square kilometres. Entire towns were wiped off the map within about 24 hours at the weekend. Read the rest of this post »
How marketing works
On February - 6 - 20091 COMMENT
To make things clear from the beginning, in case anyone doesn’t know exactly what marketing or a marketer are, I will define the two.
Marketing is the set of commercial processes involved in promoting, selling and distributing a product or service. A marketer is the person in charge of designing and executing marketing campaigns.
These days more than ever, at least online, you can see that a very large number of people are marketers (more or less successful) or aspiring to be. The aspiring online marketer usually reads the blogs and webpages of the relatively successful marketer trying to learn new tricks and be just like him. But the successful marketer is 80% of the time marketing to him and 20% of the time teaching him.
“There is no duty more indispensable than that of a returning a kindness. All men distrust one forgetful of a benefit.”
— Cicero
What not to say in an argument
On February - 4 - 2009ADD COMMENTS
Whenever you find yourself in an argument, do not give advice or suggestions as the heat of the disagreement will burn them. When a person is arguing, their mind is entirely occupied with the argument and simply rejects inputs that do not help it win the argument. Advice, suggestions, critiques and justifications in the peak of an argument always worsen the situation.
What you have to do is simply have patience and allow the heat to settle down. Allow the other party to make all their points. Then politely state yours and hopefully reach an agreement. If the heat is on again, repeat the procedure and try to change the way you state your point.
Who are your teachers and what did you learn from them
On February - 2 - 2009ADD COMMENTS
M. Antoninus, the son of Annius Verus and Domitia Calvilla, was born at Rome, A.D. 121. The Emperor T. Antoninus Pius married Faustina, the sister of Annius Verus, and was consequently the uncle of M. Antoninus. When Hadrian adopted Antoninus Pius and declared him his successor in the empire, Antoninus Pius adopted both L. Ceionius Commodus and M. Antoninus, generally called M. Aurelius Antoninus.
The youth was most carefully brought up. He thanks the gods that he had good grandfathers, good parents, a good sister, good teachers, good associates, good kinsmen and friends, nearly everything good. He had the happy fortune to witness the example of his uncle and adoptive father, Antoninus Pius, and he has recorded in his work the virtues of this excellent man and prudent ruler. Like many young Romans he tried his hand at poetry and studied rhetoric. There are letters extant showing the great affection of the pupil for the master, and the master’s great hopes of his industrious pupil. Read the rest of this post »
